In my opinion, several of the posts in this thread should have been prefaced with a statement along the lines of, "I am not a (subject matter expert/lawyer/etc), but in my opinion..."
Not trying to single anyone out with this comment, because this happens quite frequently, but when speaking about certain issues (safety-related, legal, etc., in particular), I am concerned that, without such caveats, there exists a real danger of spreading inaccurate information, to the detriment of the community.
I don't think anyone should rely on the advice from an anonymous post on the internet, but when someone makes a conscious effort to post about certain issues (i.e., safety-related, legal, etc), I personally believe that the individual has a duty to post responsibily, or explicitly state that he/she is simply stating an opinion, so as not to spread misleading or inaccurate information.
... again, this is just my opinion.
I would disagree, it's the readers responsobilty to apply due dillegemce when take it advice from the internet,
I am not a lawyer, nor an expert in the field, but... Are you a lawyer? Or an expert in the field? Or is that just your personal opinion, belief, thought, assessment, assumption, attitude, conclusion, feeling, idea, impression, judgment, notion, point of view, sentiment, speculation, theory, view, conception, conjecture, estimation, guess, hypothesis, inclination, inference, persuasion, postulate, presumption, presupposition, supposition, surmise, suspicion, take, or thesis?
